Perilous river voyage past Trotter Shoals ends at mill
A river expedition recounts a storm lashed crossing of Trotter shoals with 220 feet of water fall noted. The crew clung to willows and battled treacherous rocks while Mr. Ed Barrett the Constitution correspondent faced danger and prayed as the craft neared shelter at an old Tate mill.
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LaSeur
Athens
Yongpites
Heaven
sJop
Orion
Ully
Ed. Barrett
At- Constitution
Mar
Barrett Trout
Listretou
Mr. Barrett
Babe Tate
Lord Ulen
Kprin
Barrett
Tate
Terra Firma
Electric Shock Paralyzes Cleveland Housemaid
Ella Free, a domestic for Mrs. Merrick in Cleveland, was shocked when a wet ground formed a circuit between a falling telephone wire and a charged trolley line after last night’s rain. She felt her body shake, loss of movement in her right arm, and described a shivering, pinning sensation as the chimney and wire fell away.
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Cleveland
Lhe Banner
Ohio
Ella ‘Free
Dr. Merrick
Day Rumored Found in Well by Brunswick Delegation
A BRUNSWICK report says a group of African Americans seeking Day, whom they believed lynched, found an old partially filled well with hoe and shovel marks and tracks. They did not retrieve a body and returned home to relay the discovery.
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Brunswick
the Times
Mother Earth
Wells that blow by underground air near Ellaville
Mr Sea born K Halstead near Ellaville reports a new natural spectacle as an underground air current shoots up a well sounding like a bellows. Neighbors including Mrs Robinson have similar wells. No cause found, yet the wells provide abundant pure water.
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Ellaville
Banner
Seaborn K. Halstead
Clark Robinson
Senate Passes Board of Pardons Bill in Georgia
The Georgia Senate approved the board of pardons bill by a 23 to 16 vote after a lengthy debate. Senator Massengale urged it as necessary for justice amid rising convict numbers and hundreds of pardon applications. Also notes Mr. G A Jackson of Watson Springs plans to enter business in Athens this fall.
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Senate
Arvianta
Board of Pardons
Massengale
Athens
G. A. Jackson
Watson Springs
Negroes Rise in Arms in Day Lynching Case near Waynesville
In Brxswick Georgia on July 29 a mob of about thirty armed African Americans searched the area for the body of Day, a man linked to an attempted assault who disappeared after being placed in custody. White residents claim Day was freed by friends, while Black residents contend he has been lynched. The search follows conflicting accounts of the man’s fate.
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Brexswick
Waynesville
Atkinson
Day
London
J. H McLean
Indiana
Washington
Harrison
Miller
John R. Bero
American House
Hogansburgh
N.Y
Clara A. Frederick
Liosd Brook
Conw
Collision in Ohio Injures and Kills Railroad Crew
In Oxford Ohio last night a junction collision between the Indianapolis express and a wild engine killed fireman Charles Lee and seriously injured several others. Fireman Tee Doty and Engineer Dan Brannan suffered severe injuries while John Dougherty escaped serious harm after forgetting the regular train. The wreck left both engines total losses and passengers unharmed.
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Oxtord
Ohio
Junction
Cincinnati
Hamilton and Dayton
Oxford
John Dougherty
Cartersville
Charles Lee
Charles Pugh
Dan Brannan
Tee Doty
Tarred and Feathered Exposed to Public Shame in Kansas
A Kansas man who knocked his wife down with a baby in her arms and threatened his children was arrested in Gaylord. Infuriated locals tarred and feathered him after breaking into the jail, while a separate dispatch notes Japan delaying treaty revisions amid foreign resident questions in Shanghai. An Indianapolis anti tariff picnic drew ten thousand in Bloomfield with remarks from Voorhees Browne and Niblack.
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Kansas
Topeka
Kan
Gaylord
Downs
James Emmons
Emmons
Indianapolis
Ind
Bloomfield
Queen County
Indiana
Daniel W. Voorhees
Jason B. Browne
Niblack
What is the disease
Terrible agony of Negroes who are dying in Worth County described as hydrophobia like symptoms. A woman in convulsions died, her mother and sister became ill and suffered greatly. None recall a bite, but the illness mirrors rabies. The report notes the case as a queer disease mystery.
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Worth County
Tr-Ty
Million Dollar Crop Prompts Georgia Raid Numbers
A Georgia crop worth a million dollars is noted amid a mix of local items. The page includes health ads for Dr J H McLean products, a tale of a jail in Cape Town, and brief notes on public figures and crime, all in a billowy 19th century newspaper tone.
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Georgia
Banks County Guards Reunion Fails as Members Dwindle
The Banks County Guards face an impossible reunion this summer due to shrinking numbers. Capt Charleton retains the original muster roll, with only a few members remaining alive and not yet reported dead.
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Banks County Guards
Charlton
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White
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The
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Shanghai
England
United States
China
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Asahel Medical Bureau
Broadway
N. Y
Persia
Turkey
Walter Lowe
Macon Evening News
M.J. Braore
10Th St
Philadelphia
Neis
Cape Town
Africa
State Department
J. H. McLean
J. H. MacLean
Samuel Bradshaw
Dyer County
Minnie Daly
J.H. McLean
G. W. Rusa & Co. L
D. Sledge
Lynxpox
Porter Drug and Chemical Corporation
Boston
Clark’s College
Eric, Pa
Cora
Parker
Ary
National Medical Association
Ofice of Earody Medical Institute
Nord Bultron Sts
Minns
ST. Vitus
Richmond Hamond Wervine
Louisiana
Academy of Music
New Orleans
Louisiana State Lot Company
Ilissioners
R. M. Walmsley
Louisiana Nat. Bank
Pierre Lanaux
State National’ Bank
A. Baldwin
New Orleans National Bank
Carl Kohn
Union National Bank
Tueston Ignital
Ste
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Washington, D. C
New York Exchange
National Bank
Montgomery Ward & CO
Michigan Avenue
Chicago
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A. Bug Caner Die
Orcans
Sudden & Bates
Savannah
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